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Moa Island QLD 4875

205 addresses · 30 streets

Leichhardt Electorate › Torres Strait Island LGA › Moa Island · 2225 km from Brisbane

Living Here

Moa Island is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 432 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $937 a week, with median rent near $120 a week. Most homes are houses. About 9% of households own their home and 91% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

432Population
31Median age
$937Median household income / wk
$120Median rent / wk
3.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2011 → 2021

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs2/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 54.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Moa Island

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Moa Island QLD
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202054.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202174.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 42%

Population by age in Moa Island
Population by age, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
0-455
5-1482
15-1922
20-2418
25-3476
35-4453
45-5451
55-6452
65-7418
75-8413
85+0
Dwelling types in Moa Island
Dwelling types, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
House121
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Moa Island
Households by weekly income, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
<$65032
$650-1,49939
$1,500-2,99925
$3,000+3
Top ancestries in Moa Island
Top ancestries, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Other379
Aboriginal107
Ancestry NS31
English17
Australian12
Scottish4
Housing tenure in Moa Island
Housing tenure, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Owned11
Mortgage0
Rented111
Other0
Cars per household in Moa Island
Cars per household, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
069
141
210
34
4+0
Commute to work in Moa Island
Commute to work, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Car42
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked58
Bicycle0
Home4
Languages used at home in Moa Island
Languages used at home, Moa Island QLD (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous322

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

178 bird observations recorded near Moa Island — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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